| Title | Matthäus-Passion |
| Alternative title | Passions = Music von C.P.E. Bach ''Libretto Title Page'': '''''JESU Leiden und Tod nach dem heil. Evangelisten Matthäo, mit einigen Betrachtungen, zur Fastenzeit 1769 in den Hamburgischen Kirchen nach Bachischer Musik abgesungen.''''' |
| Creators | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer Anna Luise Karsch, librettist Johann Joachim Eschenburg, librettist |
| Opus | Wq. deest |
| Instrumentation | 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, 2 basses, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | G minor |
| Composed | 1768 |
| First published | — |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 6120 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Passions |
| Language | German |
| Period | Classical |
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| View | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1769 | Incomplete Score |
| View | Complete | selections | Manuscript | 1769 | Movement XXXVI |
| View | Complete | parts | Manuscript | 1769 | Complete Parts |
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| View | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1825 | Complete Text |
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